Thank you @SauSethi for your kind words. Good question & I am sure lot many other IT professionals are struggling with this situation so let me share what I follow.
With 2 growing kids (14Y & 10Y) & a very high pressure, high visibility senior level job at one of the top IT companies, my schedule is always crazy but due to my passion towards capital markets I manage my time to do analysis & trade. Here is what I follow religiously -
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1. I do all my analysis EOD basis & remember the stocks I need to trade next day & their key levels of support/resistance 2. I set alerts in IIFL mobile app with Buy above, Short below levels so that I dont need to track these during the day
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3. Once I get the alert I will enter into a trade (ONLY if I am free from office work) else I dont trade & I focus on my work because thats my primary bread & butter & I dont compromise on quality of work 4. I dont force myself into trades unless I see my setup being formed
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5. Since my primary analysis is on EOD, I now look at Hourly & 15M charts quickly to check if everything matches my lower TF setup. If yes then I take trade else I give it a pass 6. I only put my SL & leave the trade. This helps me control my risk & I keep targets open
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7. Based on target levels I set new reminders quickly & get back to work. Let the app do its work 8. I book profits only if I get target alert else I dont bother. Towards the end of the day I review my open trades quickly & take final decision to close or carry.
6/6 What is important here -
a) HOME WORK previous night
b) Not trading daily
c) Knowing key levels & trade on alerts only
d) Not hunt for any new trades during the day
e) Manage my risk via strict SL
f) Keeping targets open as per RR 1:2
g) Above all, focus 100% on office work
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आप पसीने से तर बतर हैं। बहुत प्यासे, पर कहीं भी पानी नहीं मिल सकता है। ऐसे में तुम वृक्ष की छाया में थकान मिटाने के लिए खड़े होते हो!
तभी सामने की एक इमारत की पहली मंजिल की खिड़की खुलती है और आपकी उस व्यक्ति से आँखें मिलती है। आपकी स्थिति देखकर, वह व्यक्ति हाथ के इशारे से आपको पानी के लिए पूछता है। अब आप उस व्यक्ति के बारे में कैसी राय होगी?
यह आपकी पहली राय है!
आदमी नीचे आने का इशारा करता है और खिड़की बंद कर देता है। नीचे का दरवाजा 15 मिनट बाद भी नहीं खुलता। अब उस व्यक्ति के बारे में आपकी क्या राय है?
@Sudheer16772020 Sudheer,
If you have taken this trade as per your trading plan, then don't worry about post mortem & treat this as just one fail trade and move on. You cant have all the trades right & its ok to have a wrong trade.
However, if u ask me, I wouldn't trade here. Here is why -
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@Sudheer16772020 1. This trade is neither at supply zone nor at demand. Its right in the middle 2. Moving average curve is flat & there is no momentum 3. Context (in the left) says that price broke recent swing low (point 1) but didn't sustain below it
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@Sudheer16772020 4. During the pullback to EMA21, all attempts by bears to pull price down (broke prev day low) failed. See red arrows. This means bears doesn't have strength 5. Same thing happened in ur case. After short price didn't follow through which is a signal that it may not fall
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